If he's having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 meters... nobody except me.

The only good race pace is suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.

Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.

If anybody wants to beat me, let them run a world record.

No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.

Every once in a while I think, 'What am I doing out here running, busting myself up? Life could be so much easier. The other guys are out having fun, doing other things, why not me?'